Ash receiver and sifter



P. H. CHILDRESS.

ASH' RECEIVER AND' SiFTER. APPLICATIQN FILED FEB. 21, 1920.

1,346,809. Patented y 20,: 1920.

. ATTORNEYS UNITED.

E K HENRY D -OF wr ssoa V GI'MA; e sle eltfw D rtem T THOM W- QUESENBEBY, WeS- NESBQB VI-BGINIA- Asifnncnivnn- Ann srrr'naj 1 J 0 allwhomt mag concern:

Be it known that I, Pirrnii'oir HENRY CrnLnnnss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Waynesboro, in the county of Augusta and State of Virginia,'haveinvented certain new and useful Improve ments in Ash Receivers and Sifters, of which the" following'is a specification,-

The present invention "relates, "in general, to an improved ash receiver and sifter and more particularly to an improved ash receiver and sifter especially adapted for use inthe ash pit of a furnace or the like.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved ash receiver and sifter of this character which will sift the ashes as they are discharged from the grate bars thereby separating the cinders from the ashes and which will retain the cinders in one receptacle and the ashes in the other, to provide for convenient and,

ready handling.

.Another important object is .to provide an ash receiver and sifter with improved means for agitating the ashes to the end of more complete sifting. 7

Another object is to provide an improvement of this character ofsimple and durable construction, reliable in operation, and easy and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages reside in the certain novel features of construction,

arrangement, and combination ofthe parts as will become apparent as the descrlption proceeds, reference being had to the acompanying drawings, in whicli- Figure 1 1s a fragmentary View invertical section of a furnace or the like in the ash pit of which my inventionhas beenembodied;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ash pan; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the sifting pan.

Referring to the drawings, the invention contemplates a furnace or the like of any conventional construction. For the sake of illustration a portion of such a furnace is shown in Fig. 1, and includes a base 5, an ash pit 6, movable grate bars 7 fire box 8, and'asbestos or other heat insulation 9.

An ash pan, indicated generally at 10, is disposed in the ash pit and restsupon the floor thereof. .This'ash pan comprises an imperforate bottom 11 and imperforate side and-end walls 12 and 13, respectively. A

or levelofthe side {wallsj12aswe1'l as the 'end walls 13;. The forward end wall 1 3is ranged approximately half-way" between v Specification of Letters Batent. I Patented 1$} 20, 1920. Application fi1d Febr iary 2;, 19.20; Serial rm. 350,274, l

the e1idlwalls 1'3,"andis preferablyflt right angles toth e' side walls 12;. It'is so disposed that its top surface'is slightly above'the' top provided with a'handle 17.

. AT i fii g 1m, in ca ed is adapted' to be superposed upon thefa sh pan 10, as shown in Fig. 1. Thes'ifting'pan comprises imperforate side and end Walls 19. and 20, respectively. Each of the side ehe'rally' ati 1 8 Q I and end walls have their lower edges in 7 turned at right angles thereto, as at 21, and

resting upon these inturned edges is a 're-.

ticulated bottom 22. The reticulated bottom 22 is preferably in the form of wire mesh and is secured to theinturned edgesv v i 21 by suitable clamping means 23, as shown in Fig. 3. The sifting pan is provided with a handle 24 which constitutes means for rocking the sifting pan. 7 The transverse barol l serves first to properly space the side walls 12 of, the .ash; pan

and to therefore maintain them flush against thewalls of the ash pit so that the ashpan will serve to receive all of the ashes; sec

ondly to reinforce the reticulated bottomlof the ash pan, as this bottom bears against'th'e bar entirely throughout its unsupported transverse extent in the regionjof the bar;

and thirdly it functions as a fulcrum about complete sifting.

In practice, when the'grate bars 7 are I actuated to shake the furnace, or when the grate is'dumped, the fallingashes strikashes passing into the ash panlO andthe cinders being retained in the sifting pan 18 If further separation of the ashes is desired the handle 24, may be. grasped and the siftas its fulcrum,therebyagitating the ashes which the sifting pan -may be rocked to agitate the ashes therein, to the end of more ing pan rocked aboutthe transverse bar 14, I

. in the sifting'pan and effecting 'a complete j separation of the ashes from the cinders. It. is obvious that this construction makes pos 1 sible the complete separation or sifting within the ash pit and, obviatesthe nuisance 0f dust and the like, as in this construction any dust or'the like which does not fall into the ash pan 10' is entrained into the draft and carried upwardly through the chimney.

I claim :7

' 1. In a device of the characterdescribed;

an ash pan having an imperforate bottom 7 andimperforate'side and end walls, adapted 1 to be disposedin the ash pit of a furnace, a

transverse bar extending entirely between the side walls of said ash pan'intermediate said ash pan to partake of rocking motion" about said transverse bar as a fulcrum, the

intermediate unsupported portion of the reticulated bottom being arranged to rest upon the transverse bar which underlies and supportsit throughout its entire'width to "thereby prevent sagging of said reticulated bottom, all and for thepurposesset forth.

I 2. Ina device of the character described, an ash pan having an imperforate bottom to'be' disposed in'the ash pit of a furnace, a

V transverse. bar extending entirely between the side walls of said ash pan intermediate the end walls thereof and having its ends downwardly bent and secured toisaid side walls to maintain them in proper position and its upper surface disposed slightly above and imperforate sideand end walls,adapted the top of the ash pan andasifting pan comprising imper forate side and end'walls and a reticulated bottom 'havingits marginal edges secured torthe sifting pan and super- .posed on saidash pan to partake of rocking motion jabout-saidtransverse bar as a fulcrum, the intermediate unsupported portion 7 ofthe reticulated bottom being arranged to poses set forth. 7

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,rest upon the transverse'bar which underlies" and supports it throughout its'entire width to thereby prevent sagging of said reticulated bottom,all as and for the pur- 

